Schools
POLL: Should There Be Surveillance Cameras in High Schools?
The MVHS PTSA supports the use of interior surveillance cameras.
The Fairfax County School Board will discuss allowing the use of interior surveillance cameras in high schools on Thursday night.
Since the it has been amended to allow each high school to decide whether cameras will be installed inside the school walls. Schools will not be required to install cameras inside their walls. Elementary and middle schools are exempt from the proposal.
Mount Vernon High School's PTSA is in "full support" of cameras inside the school, said PTSA President Jeanette Kraynak.
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"All efforts to ensure the safety of our children are fully endorsed," said Kraynak in an email to Patch. "We fully support Mrs King and her decision on the location of the cameras."
The school board meeting will take place tonight at 7 p.m. at Jackson Middle School. The vote will take place at the December 15 meeting.
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